What Big Animals Live In Australia

Australian Desert Animals 3 The Thorny Devil.

What big animals live in australia. The red kangaroo is one of the most iconic Australian animals and the largest marsupial in the world. Being isolated for millions of years Australia is home to many unique species of animals kangaroos koalas emus and dingoes are some of most amazing spec. The thorny devil is one of the most unusual looking animals of the Australian desert and its adaptation to its harsh environment is ingenious to say the least.

Australia has some unusual members of the monotreme family including the platypus and echidnaIn fact when biologists. Red kangaroos the largest type can grow to a length of 27 metres from head to tail and all types live in social groups known as a mob. Cats dogs bears raccoons etc - the dingo now known as Australias wild dog was introduced about 3000 years ago NO native hoofed animals deer goats etc NO primates monkeys and apes and indeed NO native placentals except those listed below.

There are around 386 mammal spices that are native to Australia. Kangaroos have powerful hind legs with large feet that are adapted to limping. The lesser bilby is sadly extinct but the greater bilby can still be found in Australia although it is endangered.

Whales dolphins whale sharks and manta rays. Thylacoleo carnifex the marsupial lion is the largest known carnivorous mammal to have ever lived in prehistoric Australia and was of comparable size to female placental mammal lions and tigers It had a cat-like skull with large slicing pre-molars a. Female kangaroo with joey in pouch Australia.

The dingo is a wild dog that is native to Australia. However the echidna platypus dingo quokka wallaby and wombat are also quite famous Australian animals. Other notable types include antilopine kangaroo western gray kangaroo and eastern gray kangaroo.

Large males have reddish fur and can reach a height of 2m while females are considerably smaller and have blue-grey fur. There were 2 species of bilby. They can be found all over Australia except for Tasmania although they mainly live in the countrys outback.